Clevis



(No Model.) G. F. WALTER.

OLEVIS.

No. 342,887. Patented June 1, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE-y GEORGE F. \VALTER, OF CALEDONIA, IOIVA.

CLEVIS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 342,887, dated June 1,1886.

Application filed April 6, 1886. Serial No. 198,011. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. WALTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Galedonia, in the county of Ringgold and State of Iowa, haveinvented certainnew and useful Improvements in Clevises; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to theletters and figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to clevises, and has for its object to devise ameans for fastening the bolt com monly employed for securing the clevisto a plow-beam or similar implement in such manner that said bolt may bereadily removed when it is desired to detach the clevis, and when inposition may be locked so as not to be accidentally displaced.

It consists in the novel features more fully hereinafter set forth,claimed, and shown in the annexed drawings, in which Figure 1 is aperspective view vof a clevis Fig. 2 is a side view of the bolt forsecuring the clevis in position, a portion being broken away to show ithe inner construction and location of parts.

The clevis A is of the usual U shaped form, and its ends A are expandedand coincidentally apertured for the passage of the pin or bolt B,having its head B provided with a catch, 0, which interlocks with one ofthe cl evises. The head B may be an integral part of the pin; or it maybe cast thereon in any well-known manner. Its outer end, 13", isflattened, forming a finger-rest. Lugs 1), projecting from the sides ofthe head, have the catch 0 pivoted between them by means of the pivot 0.Spring D, bearing upon the outer end of the catch on its underside,forces the inner end thereof toward the bolt, and a pin or lug, 0',

carried by said end, is caused to engage one of a series of holes, a,around the end of the clevis,

and hold said bolt against accidental displacement, and still permit ofits easy'removal by grasping the outer end, B of the head B, and theouter end, 0, of the catch, when said end will be forced inward towardthe bolt-head, thus disengaging the lug or pin from the clevis. Byhaving'a series of holes, a, the catch is more easily engaged and theposition of the bolt may and a catch to engage one of the series ofopen-,

ings and lock the bolt and clevis together, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the clevis, of the retaining-bolt having a headflattened at its outer end and provided with lugs, a catch pivotedbetween the lugs, and a spring, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of the clevis having an apertured end and an openingin its edge at right angles to said aperture, a bolt having a headprovided with a flattened end and'lugs extending at right anglestherefrom, a catch pivoted between the lugs and having a lug projectingfrom its inner end to engage the opening in the clevis, and a spring toactuate said catch, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presenc'eof two witnesses.

. GEORGE F. IVALTER. Witnesses:

J. O. MoCLURc, J AS. H. BURKE.

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